Sans Other Duty 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, event flyers, headlines, grunge, rough-cut, punk, horror, chaotic, distressed impact, diy edge, rebellious tone, spooky drama, jagged, torn-edge, angular, irregular, chunky.
A heavy, blocky sans with strongly irregular outlines and a hand-cut silhouette. Strokes are thick and mostly monolinear, but edges are fractured and notched, creating sharp bite-marks and occasional interior breaks that read like distressed cutouts. Counters are compact and uneven, apertures are often narrowed, and terminals end abruptly with angular cuts rather than smooth curves. Proportions and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a restless rhythm while maintaining a consistent overall weight and dark color on the page.
Best suited to display use where texture and attitude are an asset—posters, album covers, merch graphics, event flyers, and title treatments for horror or punk-leaning projects. It can also work for short brand marks or packaging callouts that want a distressed, hand-made punch, but is less appropriate for long-form reading.
The texture suggests torn paper, chipped paint, or rough stencil work, giving the type a gritty, confrontational energy. Its uneven contours and aggressive angles lean toward spooky, rebellious, and DIY aesthetics, with a poster-like intensity that feels loud even at moderate sizes.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through a bold silhouette paired with deliberate edge damage and irregular spacing. Rather than neutrality, it prioritizes a gritty, cut-and-paste feel that signals rawness and intensity.
The distressed detailing can close up in smaller sizes, especially where counters are tight or interior nicks intrude into letterforms. In all-caps settings the font forms a dense, high-impact block, while mixed-case retains the same roughened voice with a slightly more varied cadence.